Posted: August 15th, 2009 | Author: Jordan | Filed under: Tech | Tags: Google, Google Reader, howto, Iterasi, LiveJournal, Send To, tutorial | 4 Comments »
I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback about my last two posts about adding Send To buttons to Google Reader for for Instapaper and Evernote, including links at my old stomping grounds ,Download Squad.
These articles are fun for me to write, so I’ll keep it up for the time being. In the Download Squad comments there were requests for instructions for LiveJournal and Iterasi. They both turned out to be easy enough, so read on for the instructions. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: August 14th, 2009 | Author: Jordan | Filed under: Tech | Tags: Evernote, Google, Google Reader, howto, Send To, tutorial | 9 Comments »
I was thrilled to see that Kevin Purdy at Lifehacker picked up my Send-To-Instapaper tutorial for Google Reader. In the comments on his post, member “illadvised” asked, “Has anyone tried an Evernote ‘Send To’?” Great idea!
This one, as it turns out, is even easier than the one for Instapaper. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: August 13th, 2009 | Author: Jordan | Filed under: Tech | Tags: API, Google, Google Reader, howto, Instapaper, Send To, tutorial | 15 Comments »
This week Google added a feature to Google Reader called “Send To” that lets you send a link to any feed item to various web services like Facebook, Digg, and Twitter. Very cool! But the coolest part is that they also made it easy to add other services to the mix–any service that will accept a HTTP GET request.
Already people are coming up with cool uses for this. Digital Inspiration, for example, shows you how to add a Send To link that’ll make a PDF document (via Lifehacker) out of the linked item.
My first thought, though, was to make a Send To link for Instapaper Read the rest of this entry »